Stoking the Embers

Stoking the Embers

A New Renaissance: The 'Haunting' Bookshop

'Ghosts' of the past tell tales, and teach lessons in this true personal story of discovery and rebirth, prompted by an accidental visit to an old bookshop.

May 07, 2025
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In my early twenties I experienced a fresh discovery in an unexpected sort of way. The experience not only brought me through a portal to a new economy of personal expression, but also a new way of seeing the world around me.

Lonesome Boulevard

Sad and lonely after my girlfriend at the time had left for the Midwest to return to school, I wandered the str…

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